recoil Copy link Outline 1. rĕfŭgio, fūgi, fŭgĭtum, 32. reformīdo, 1 • recoil with horror. 1. rĕfŭgio, fūgi, fŭgĭtum, 3: Virg. Aen. 2, 12: I r. from admonishing you, a te admonendo refugio, Cic. Att. 12, 18: he r.s in terror, trepidus refugit (perf. indef.), Virg. Aen. 2, 380. 2. reformīdo, 1: so foul, that speech r.s from mentioning them, ita tetra, ut ea ... reformidet oratio, Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108.